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Newsby Staff WriterApril 9, 2020

ICE Agents Arrest Salvadoran Gang Member Wanted for Capital Murder

According to an agency press release, the man—identified as 25-year-old Jonathan Alexander Gonzalez-Rosales—is in the U.S. illegally and an active member of the 18th Street Gang, a transnational criminal organization.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarMarch 3, 2010

Sureño Tattoos and Symbols

Sureños can be found in every major city in the U.S. They can be found in Canada, Mexico, Europe, and South America. The big transnational super gangs such as Florence, 18th Street, and Mara Salvatrucha threaten the stability of some Central American nations.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 18, 2009

Indictment Offers Details of 18th Street Gang's Workings

A court document charges about 40 members and associates of the Columbia Lil Cycos -- a clique of the 18th Street gang -- with being involved in a racketeering conspiracy that allegedly involved murder, drug trafficking, money laundering, kidnapping, and other crimes.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 17, 2009

Feds Arrest More Members of LA Latino Gang

FBI agents and Los Angeles police officers arrested at least eight of those named in a racketeering indictment, officials said. Several more of the 39 members and associates of the 18th Street Columbia Lil Cycos clique were already in state and federal custody.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 3, 2008

Four Month Nationwide Gang Sweep Nets 1,700 Arrests

Operation Community Shield mostly targeted Latin and Central American street gangs, including Surenos-13, MS-13, 18th Street Gang, and the Latin Kings.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 5, 2008

Activist Group Says Calif. Gang Member Should Not Serve Life Sentence for Kidnapping Committed When He Was 14

Nunez and co-defendant Jose Diego Perez, 29 – both members of the violent 18th Street gang in Los Angeles – were arrested April 25, 2001, after they kidnapped Delfino Moreno, 34, from in front of his Santa Ana home.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarAugust 21, 2007

The Vineland Boys Gang

The powerful 18th Street Gang considered the formation of this new gang by its own members to be "set jumping" and have been at war with the Vineland Boys ever since. This betrayal of their 18th Street allegiance would prove fatal to some.

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